A/N: Shiru: Why does everybody think it's Kikyo? To hint on something, Kikyo's already found her partner. Her partner's just not letting Melissa in on her secret. I think you all can guess who's going to appear in this chapter!


"Crap! We're all on the news…" Melissa said sighing as looked into a window that had TVs in it.

"You can't really blame them, you would be interested too." Daichi told her.

"I know, it's just that it feels weird." Melissa replied. Daichi had met her after school so that they could hang out.

"It does feel strange." Daichi agreed.


At home

"Inu-kun, I'm home!" Melissa said as she entered her bedroom. "Inu!" She stared at the mess on the floor. Countless wrappers were sitting in various places of her room, and all kinds of wrappers. Candy wrappers, clear wrappers, a few cans of soda, gum wrappers, and let's not forget the crumbs.

"Ms. Connors," A maid said, opening the door a little bit and peeked in. "I was going to prepare you a snack but-" She looked and the room, then stared at Melissa in the middle of all the trash. "I see you've already eaten." She then backed out and closed the door.

"That was a good one." Inuyasha said, sitting up from under a pile of trash.

"Now they all think I eat a lot." Melissa said in pure horror.

"Nothin' to worry 'bout." Inuyasha replied.

"How'd you get this food anyway?" She asked.

"Ai brought it to me."

"That was nice…and yet mean."


A few blocks away

"You can do it Sango! It's just a centipede!" A Japanese girl shouted from the ground.

"Ha!" Sango yelled and through her boomerang towards the centipede. The centipede was slashed into pieces, which fell to the ground and disintegrated. Sango then turned around, letting the pieces drop behind her, looking elegant as they did so.

"Another demon stone!" The girl said, picking up a demon stone with a small centipede in it.

"Suzu, when we will go to the others?" Sango asked, turning back into her plush form.

Suzu turned to face her with a smile. "We have no idea who their partners are, except that they were there." Her long black hair was in a ponytail. "But the next time they show up, we'll try to talk to them."


Some hidden store house in Tokyo

"Kagura, I want you to send the Fake Water God to test our enemies' strength." A boy's voice said from the shadows.

"Of course, Naraku's partner." Kagura replied and grabbed a demon stone and flew out on her feather to the bay.


At the bay

Kagura threw the stone into the water. As soon as it had entered the water started to bubble where it had been thrown, as if it were boiling. After a few minutes The Fake Water God burst from the waves, his snake body helping him to rise to Kagura's height.

"I can't believe I am a servant of Naraku's." He said, flicking his tongue.

"Neither can I." Kagura replied, then swiftly flew away before the news camera, or any camera could focus on her.


The Iiragizawa household

"Ai! The bay!" Melissa ran into his room, in full costume.

"I know." He was also in costume.

At the bay (again)

"Inuyasha, do you stuff!" Melissa yelled, letting Inuyasha run after the Fake Water God.

"Iron revere soul stealer!" He tried to cut the demon up, but fell back onto the concrete in despair. "Damn! I don't have enough strength." He said to himself.

"Melissa." An old woman's voice said from behind the girl.

"Huh?" She turned around to see Kaede standing there, looking as wise as ever.

"Listen, child. Inuyasha does not have enough strength to fight this demon alone. Not even Blades of Blood can help." She glanced down at Inuyasha, who was getting beat around by the Fake's serpent tail. "You need to concentrate of the Tetsusaiga."

"Tetsusaiga?" Melissa asked.

"Yes, it is our only hope."

"How do I concentrate on it?"

"Let your mind focus on something that will always remind you of Inuyasha. The item should appear, and then you can turn it into Tetsusaiga!"

Melissa closed her eyes. What would always remind her of Inuyasha? A red kimono? No, too big. She would always have to carry the item around, so it had to be small. But what was small and reminded her of Inuyasha? She thought for a moment, then remembered something she had seen in a shop window while she was out with Daichi. A bracelet that looked like Inuyasha's necklace! That was it!

She concentrated hard on the item, blocking out everything else. If she hadn't been closed to everything around her, she would have noticed that one of the buildings she was standing by had been crushed by the Fake. Then suddenly, she felt something cold that had a plastic feel to it on her wrist. She opened her eyes. There was the bracelet!

"Tetsusaiga! Transform!" She threw the bracelet into the air, and a yellow light surrounded it. When the light disappeared Tetsusaiga replaced it, and was falling to the ground. Inuyasha was quick to catch it though.

"Thanks!" He yelled up to Melissa. He turned to the Fake. "Now I have enough power to kick your ass."

"Fine, I didn't want to be controlled by Naraku anyway!" He let the Tetsusaiga strike him, then turned himself into a demon stone. The stone flew into Melissa's hands. She stared at the single snake tooth in it, and smiled.

"Aww, if the battle over?" An unfamiliar voice said from behind Ai.

"Reporters!" He shouted and ducked behind a transformed Kagome.

Suzu stood there, Sango beside her. "Hi."

"You're Sango's partner!" Melissa exclaimed as Inuyasha (still transformed) handed her the bracelet.

"Yeah, we have a lot of catching up to do." Suzu said, then they all fled from the scene and to Ai's house to talk.